This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This is an essay Mill wrote for the London Review in which he surveys “the state of the nation” and sums up political developments in Britain. It is an excellent statement of the position of the Philosophic Radicals at that time with its defense of the right to vote, parliaments with short terms, and reform of the church and the legal system. He also articulates a French liberal inspired theory of class which explains politics as a struggle between “ces qui pillent” (those who pillage) and “ces qui sont pillés” (those who are pillaged).

The Political Writings of James Mill: Essays and Reviews on Politics and Society, 1815-1836, ed. David M. Hart (Liberty Fund, 2013).

This is an anthology of James Mill’s writings compiled from The British Review, and London Critical Journal [1815], the Supplement to the 4th, 5th and 6th editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica [1815-1824], Parliamentary History and Review [1826], The Westminster Review [1824-1836], The London Review [1835-36], and The London and Westminster Review [1836].

Liberty Matters: Gustave de Molinari’s Legacy for Liberty (May, 2013) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2013).

This online discussion is part of the series “Liberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Matters pertaining to Liberty.” Roderick T. Long assesses the work of the French political economist Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) with responses and comments by Gary Chartier, David D. Friedman, David M. Hart, and Matt Zwolinski.

Liberty Matters: James Buchanan: An Assessment (March, 2013) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2013).

Liberty Matters: John Locke on Property (January, 2013) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2013).

This online discussion is part of the series “Liberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Matters pertaining to Liberty.” Geoffrey Brennan assesses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist James Buchanan with responses and comments by Viktor J. Vanberg, Peter Boettke, Steven Horwitz, Loren Lomasky, and Edward Stringham.

This online discussion is part of the series “Liberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Matters pertaining to Liberty.” Eric Mack discusses John Locke’s theory of property to which Jan Narveson, Peter Vallentyne, and Michael Zuckert respond in a series of essays and comments.

Our Liberty Matters feature is devoted to the discussion of ideas about liberty. We ask leading scholars and invited guest commenters for their thoughts on the ways in which OLL authors have defended individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace over the centuries. Each issue will begin with a Lead Essay written by a scholar in the field to which other scholars will respond in shorter essays, critiques, and comments. The Response Essays will be posted a week later and then the authors will be able to reply to each other’s posts in the weeks that follow.